Why does the Great Koala National Park, promised for over a decade, suddenly need carbon credits? @TheAusInstitute
Why does the Great Koala National Park, promised for over a decade, suddenly need carbon credits? @TheAusInstitute
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For over a decade the New South Wales government has promised to set up a “Great Koala National Park”, only now to change their tune and say they won’t unless they get a carbon credit payout. Co-CEO Richard Denniss calls out this “deeply fraudulent” example of everything wrong with carbon credits in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”.

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Why does the "Great Koala National Park", promised for over a decade, suddenly need carbon credits?

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